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Octopus in languages:

Arabic

أخطبوط

Catalan

Pops

Chinese

章魚屬

German

Oktopusse

Italian

Polpo

Japanese

マダコ属

Korean

왜문어속

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Parent Taxon

• Octopodidae

Sibling Taxa

• Abdopus
• Ameloctopus
• Amphioctopus
• Callistoctopus
• Cistopus
• Danoctopus
• Euaxoctopus
• Galeoctopus
• Grimpella
• Hapalochlaena
• Histoctopus
• Lepidoctopus
• Macrochlaena
• Macroctopus
• Macrotritopus
• Octopus
• Paroctopus
• Pinnoctopus
• Pteroctopus
• Robsonella
• Scaeurgus
• Teretoctopus
• Thaumoctopus
• Wunderpus

Child Taxa

• Octopus alecto
• Octopus americanus
• Octopus argus
• Octopus australis
• Octopus balboai
• Octopus berenice
• Octopus berrima
• Octopus bimaculatus
• Octopus bimaculoides
• Octopus bocki
• Octopus briareus
• Octopus bulbus
• Octopus californicus
• Octopus chierchiae
• Octopus conispadiceus
• Octopus cyanea
• Octopus diminutus
• Octopus djinda
• Octopus favonius
• Octopus fitchi
• Octopus gardineri
• Octopus gorgonus
• Octopus harpedon
• Octopus hattai
• Octopus hawaiiensis
• Octopus hongkongensis
• Octopus hubbsorum
• Octopus humilis
• Octopus hummelincki
• Octopus incella
• Octopus insularis
• Octopus jeraldi
• Octopus joubini
• Octopus kaharoa
• Octopus kapalae
• Octopus kaurna
• Octopus laqueus
• Octopus mariles
• Octopus maya
• Octopus microphthalmus
• Octopus micropyrsus
• Octopus micros
• Octopus mimus
• Octopus minor
• Octopus mutilans
• Octopus nanus
• Octopus occidentalis
• Octopus oculifer
• Octopus oliveri
• Octopus pallidus
• Octopus parvus
• Octopus penicillifer
• Octopus pumilus
• Octopus pyrum
• Octopus rubescens
• Octopus salutii
• Octopus sanctaehelenae
• Octopus selene
• Octopus sinensis
• Octopus stictochrus
• Octopus superciliosus
• Octopus taganga
• Octopus tayrona
• Octopus tehuelchus
• Octopus tetricus
• Octopus veligero
• Octopus verrucosus
• Octopus vitiensis
• Octopus vulgaris
• Octopus warringa
• Octopus wolfi
• Octopus zonatus

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